Detailed Lesson Plan Preparation

Name: Emily Ficken

Thanksgiving and the Environment

Note: A detailed lesson plan is specific enough for another teacher to read and teacheffectively. There should not be any question regarding what to do or how to do it.

Backward Design Approach: Where are you going with your students?Identify Desired Results/Learning Outcome/Essential Question: Students can identify the way thatgroups of people change the ways other groups of people interact with the environment.NCSCOS Standards: 1.G.2 Understand how humans and the environment interact within the localcommunity.1.G.2.1 Explain ways people change the environment (planting trees, recycling, cutting down trees,building homes, building streets, etc.).Assessment Plan: Throughout the lesson, I will question students to ensure that they areunderstanding the material. At the end of the lesson, we will have a final discussion connecting thelife of the pilgrims and Indians, the story we read, and their own lives. I will ask them how theenvironment was changed for the characters in the story, how the environment was changed for theIndians, and finally, how we affect the environment.

Meeting the student where they are:

Prior Knowledge/Connections: The students will hopefully have a general idea of Thanksgiving andthe parties that are involved, namely the Native Americans and Pilgrims. I expect that they will nothave a broad idea of the history of Thanksgiving, but I do expect that they will know that the pilgrimswere new to America while the Indians were not. If this information is new to them, I make mentionof it in the lesson.Lesson Introduction/Hook: Thanksgiving is next week! Last time I was talking with you all we talkedabout traditions and customs. One of my traditions is eating turkey and watching the parade thatcomes on TV. Do any of you have traditions that you have on Thanksgiving? So today we are going tobe talking a little bit about Thanksgiving, but we are going to take a break from talking about customsand traditions. Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? Who can tell me who the two groups ofpeople were that were in the first Thanksgiving?

Heart of the Lesson/Learning Plan

Differentiation/Same-ation: There will be some students, at least one or two, that may not celebrateThanksgiving. For that reason, the lesson will not be an assumption that everyone already knowsthings about Thanksgiving, such as the Pilgrims and the Indians. It is likely that some will know andcan help me explain things, but I hope to start at the very beginning for everyone. But everyone willhave an impact on their environment in one way or another and all should be able to talk about it.The fact that I use the pilgrims and Indians as well as a story to talk about the environment shouldalso help student that may have not understood it with only one way of explanation. In questioningthe students I provide visuals for those who may not understand.

Lesson Development: Thanksgiving is next week- what are traditions and customs that you have. Who the two groups of people were that were in the first Thanksgiving? The Indians lived in America before anyone else. They used the land to make food and theyused animals to eat and make clothes and weapons. The Indians didnt have anything likeCheetos or cookies or chips- it all came from gardens or animals. Like Ms. Zardas garden! The Indians used their Environment to live off of. The Environment is the area where something lives- it is everything in the world around us.But just because we are looking at something that is around us, like a book, doesnt mean it isour natural environment. Things in our natural environment are things outside, like trees andanimals, things that are not made by people. Who can give me other examples of things foundin the natural environment? What are things that are not found in the natural environment? Lets take a look at the Native Americans and the Pilgrims. I have some pictures so we canunderstand a little more of how they lived. [show Pilgrim/ Native American page] What arethe differences between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans? Now lets look at the way that they lived. The pilgrims came from England where there weregreat buildings and castles. They had cities and towns. Everyone didnt live in a castle, just thekings and queens, but look at these castles. [show castle page] The Indians only used sticks and grass and mud to put together their homes, which they calledWetus They look very different from the big castles.

Pilgrims came in to America and disturbed how the Indians were using their naturalenvironment- the Native Americans were using the land for many good things. The pilgrimslived a different way than the Indians and it was hard for them to adjust.The Pilgrims had a very hard time with the new land and the Native Americans did not like thechanges that the Pilgrims brought to the way that they lived. The Native Americans wanted tocontinue to live by growing things and building their homes, but the Pilgrims were used to adifferent way of living. The Pilgrims wanted to have towns and wanted the Native Americansto work for them. The Pilgrims also wanted to take away the trees and make the land lookdifferent than what the Native Americans were used to. The Native Americans did not likethese changes. It was scary to have someone try and change the way that they lived.This morning we read The Wump World. It might sound a little similar to the issue that theNative Americans are facing when the pilgrims moved into their land.This was how the Native Americans might have felt. The pilgrims came in and changed theway they were living their lives. How did the Pollutians change the environment of theWumps? How did the Pilgrims change the environment of the Native Americans?What are some ways that we change the environment around us? Remember we are talkingabout the natural environment. Sometimes I go into my yard and I cut flowers because I wantto put them on my table. As pretty as they look in my house, I am actually changing thenatural environment. So I want you to think of a way that you might change the environmenttoo. Remember, all change to the environment is not bad. Sometimes we need it to help uslive. And sometimes it can be good for the environment too. When I picked flowers, it wasnta bad change, if I am careful with how often I do it. But it is still a change. Who can think ofsome other ways that we change the environment. Turn and talk with a partner about howyou might change the environment.Now lets share with the class some of the ideas that you had about changing theenvironment.

Specific Questioning: Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? Who were the two groups of people who were at the first Thanksgiving? Who can give me other examples of things found in the natural environment? What are things that are not found in the natural environment? What are some of the characteristics you notice about the Native Americans? What are some characteristics you notice about the Pilgrims? What are the differences between the Pilgrims and the Indians? How did the Pollutians change the environment of the Wumps? How did the Pilgrims change the environment of the Indians? What are some ways that we change the environment around us?New Vocabulary:Environment: the area where something lives- it is everything in the world around us.Natural Environment: the world around us that is not manmade.Thanksgiving: The holiday with the first meal between Native Americans and pilgrimsNative Americans: Those already living in AmericaPilgrims: Those that came from England to discover AmericaConcluding the Lesson/Closure/Debriefing: What are some ways that we change the environment

around us? Remember we are talking about the natural environment. Sometimes I go into my yardand I cut flowers because I want to put them on my table. As pretty as they look in my house, I amactually changing the natural environment. So I want you to think of a way that you might change theenvironment too.Materials/Resources: The Wump LandSmartBoardPilgrim/Indian comparison pictures (word document)ComputerTeaching Behavior Focus:Provides clear directionDirect instruction is employedFollow-Up Activities/Parent Involvement:Have students ask their parents that night at dinner what is on their plate that Indians might haveeaten. Indians ate things that came from the land. Tell students to think about how different the foodis that we eat now and what the Indians probably ate.